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Keep the approach speed on target
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 193 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied to runway 05 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll. Takeoff was achieved after a ground run of 950 m, representing 52 % of the available runway, with liftoff attained at 62 kt. Ambient conditions were 1 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
Level cruise began 1 mile east of Ardersier, Highland, Scotland and was maintained for 7 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 11 nm.
The en-route descent initiated 1 mile north-east of Croy, Highland, Scotland, descending from 1,008 ft asl to 119 ft asl - a loss of 890 ft - over a period of 2 minutes while traversing 2 nm.
During the final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport the aircraft descended from 158 ft agl to 14 ft agl in 23 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 23, whose total length is 1,866 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 43 kt. Touchdown occurred 190 m down the runway at a speed of 38 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 42 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather remained 1 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 330 m, equivalent to 18 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment was noted as very good.
In summary, the flight covered 17 nm, taking 13 minutes, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport was conducted with a descent from 158 ft AGL to 14 ft AGL over 23 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 1 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was recorded at 43 kt, noted as a little below the target. The flare was executed in line with the approach profile.
Touchdown occurred 190 m down the runway at a speed of 38 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 42 fpm, and runway-touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 330 m, representing 18 % of the 1,866 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
With a score of 98.5 % the landing was excellent; the only noticeable deviation was the threshold speed being slightly below target, so fine-tuning speed management to meet the exact target will bring the performance to perfection.
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